Disposition
of prams on top of the paddle box aboard the Red Funnel paddle
steamer Gracie Fields in the late 1930s. An enhanced version of
the Princess Elizabeth of 1927, Gracie Fields entered service in
1936 but had only a short career running from Southampton as she
was sunk during the Second World War. It is not clear from this
picture if the babies are still in the prams with the seaman as
nannies or if they have already been rescued by their mothers.